模拟内容变体 simulate-content-variations

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• TL;DR: This page explains the redesigned Simulate content variations experience for creating and managing named variants, selecting variants to render, comparing details with previews, and reviewing automatically detected invalid links.

Intents:

• Open the content simulation screen by clicking Simulate content
• Create variants manually, by uploading a CSV, JSON, or JSONL (JSON Lines) file, by AI generation, or from simulated users
• Name, duplicate, or remove variants, copy attributes, and view configuration details (email only) from their cards
• Select variants to render, preview them or edit their attribute values, show full attribute paths, change the layout, and switch between desktop and mobile views when device-view controls are available
• Export current variants to a CSV file, or use Email-specific tools: Spam report, Render email, and Send proof
• Review invalid-link details for rendered variants or switch back to the classic experience

Glossary:

• Simulate content variations: The redesigned experience that renders all variants or a selected subset in a scrollable grid, with controls on each card and in the bottom action bar. (product-specific)
• Variant: A version of the content with different attribute values, created manually, by file upload, with AI, or from a simulated user. (product-specific)
• Simulated users: Reusable, profile-like test entities that are saved across sessions and can be shared with other users; unlike manually entered variants, they persist beyond the current browser session. (product-specific)
• Generate: The bottom-action-bar button that auto-generates variants with AI; clicking it replaces all existing variants. (product-specific)
• Content previews and variant details: Views for displaying rendered content with the eye icon or editing attribute values with the pencil icon. (product-specific)
• Vertically stacked: The layout where each variant’s details and content preview are displayed side by side. (product-specific)
• Full attribute paths: Paths that identify an attribute’s location in profile data and can be shown or hidden in variant details. (product-specific)
• Invalid-links count: The red count next to the link icon on a variant card when automatic URL validation finds invalid links in that rendered variant. (product-specific)
• URL validation failed: The dialog that lists each invalid URL and its Reason for a variant, such as Malformed URL. (product-specific)
• Send proof: An Email-channel tool that sends a proof of one or more variants to a set of email recipients. (product-specific)

Guardrails:

• You can add up to 30 variants manually or via file upload.
• When using AI generation, up to 40 variants can be created depending on your content’s complexity.
• AI generation and desktop/mobile views are available when their controls are provided for the content.
• Clicking Generate replaces all existing variants, including any added manually or from a file.
• Editing a simulated-user variant’s attribute values is local to testing and is not saved back to the simulated user record.
• Send proof accepts up to 10 recipient addresses.
• URLs are automatically validated for each rendered variant.
• Unselected variants remain hidden until they are shown again; they are not removed.
• The mirror page link is not active in proofs sent for variants; it only activates in the final message.

Terminology:

• Canonical name: Simulate content variations
• Synonyms: “content variants” = “variants”
• Do not confuse: “Simulate content” (the button that opens the simulation screen) ≠ “Simulate content variations” (the experience) ≠ “Old experience” (returns to the classic layout)
• Do not confuse: content previews (eye icon, view rendering) ≠ variant details (pencil icon, edit attribute values)
• Do not confuse: manually entered variants ≠ “simulated users” (saved, reusable across sessions and persistent beyond the current browser session)
• Do not confuse: selecting simulated users to add as variants ≠ selecting which existing variants to render
• Do not confuse: “Send proof” (send variant proofs to email recipients) ≠ “Render email” (preview across email clients and devices) ≠ “Spam report” (deliverability score)

FAQ:

• Q: How do I open the new experience? — From your content, click Simulate content to open the content simulation screen.
• Q: Can I render only some variants? — Yes. Use the variant list icon in the bottom action bar to select the variants to render. Search variants helps find a variant, and Show all displays every variant again.
• Q: Does clicking Generate keep my existing variants? — No. Clicking Generate replaces all existing variants, including any added manually or from a file.
• Q: Can I compare variant details with the preview? — Yes. In the Vertically stacked layout, each variant’s details and content preview are displayed side by side.
• Q: How do I review invalid links? — Click the red invalid-links count on the variant card to open the URL validation failed dialog and review each URL and its Reason. Use Copy to copy the validation details.
• Q: How do I go back to the old layout? — Click Old experience in the bottom action bar.